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Frankincense-An improved method
BY DAN RIEGLER ON DECEMBER 3, 2015NOVEMBER 24, 2016
With time, as I find be er ways of doing things, I update older posts and recipes. This is an edit to a post I
published 4 months ago on my other blog, Fair Trade Frankincense. I’m going to mix things up a bit and post it
here on Apothecary’s Garden since I seem to have accumulated a different following on each blog. To read the
full post, which tells you exactly which types of Frankincense contain the anticancer and anti-inflammatory
Boswellic acids, you can click the link below and check out the full post.
Tapping in to Frankincense and its Boswellic acids-An easy extraction
method (http://fairtradefrankincense.com/2015/07/26/tapping-intofrankincense-and-its-boswellic-acids-an-easy-extraction-method/)
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Boswellia
(h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boswellia)
Papyrifera-Pure Resin extract. For
medicine, incense or Perfume.
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I first came across the pure resin of Frankincense after distilling Boswellia Papyrifera. Gorgeous pools of caramel
coloured resin rested on the bo om of the cold still and looked good enough to eat.
I discovered that this pure resin from which all the water-soluble gum had been removed, dissolved easily in warm
oils without the gri iness that raw Frankincense delivered with its gum portion. Since many of the therapeutic
compounds that Frankincense offers us are found in the resin and are not present in the essential oil, I started
incorporating this resin extract in a number of my products and thought it would be a valuable material to share
with other Apothecaries, Herbalists and Cosmetics formulators.
If you have ever tried to make an oil based product such as a salve or creme from whole Frankincense, you already
know that the water soluble gum in it makes it gri y and must be carefully filtered out to create a creamy smooth
product.
In the past, I mentioned it could be taken internally which is true. But, I believe that if you want to benefit from the
Boswellic acids present in the resin, the best method is to powder the whole fresh resin and take it either in capsules
or by the teaspoon with water as I do when the need arises.
In my humble opinion it is usually best to stick with a whole, natural, unprocessed and unadulterated product
when possible. We don’t really know why or how things work, and I suspect there are good reasons different
compounds appear naturally in a plant. So if there is no need to refine it, my choice will always be to use the whole
plant material.
If you would like to take concentrated Boswellic acids internally,there are commercial and factory produced
products on the market that are standardized to 60%-65% Boswellic acids. A percent that is likely close to what is
already present in the fresh oleoresin.
Though this pure resin is a byproduct of distilling Frankincense, not everyone distills or knows a distiller from
whom to it. For this reason I present a method for separating the resin from the gum at home without the need for
distilling apparatus. Though some of the essential oils are lost through the heating process, it is easy enough to add
essential oils to your product during the cool-down stage of your finished product if you so choose.
The fact that all the Boswellic acids, including the much studied AKBA, ( acetyl-11-keto-β- boswellic acid ), reside
in the resin is fortunate for us. This means that we can easily utilize certain types of Frankincense for their
Boswellic acid (h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boswellic_acid) content and its anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer
properties in healing oils, salves and cremes.
This extraction can be performed in any kitchen and enables not only experienced Herbalists and Apothecaries to
make therapeutic products with Boswellic acids, but anyone who wishes to take a more independent approach to
their own health and wellbeing. I have clients and customers who make their own oils and salves from raw
Frankincense for Rheumatoid Arthritis and other chronic inflammatory (h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammation)
issues with good results.
Before going on to describe the extraction method, I have to add that we in the West are buying a growing volume
of Frankincense essential oil each year, sometimes at astronomical prices, thinking that we are benefi ing from these
healing compounds when in fact, the resin that contains all the Boswellic acids, is usually discarded by the distillers
as waste, or sold off as inferior incense locally. This is the product we should be buying for its healing compounds,
not the essential oils. We should most definitely NOT be ingesting these pure concentrated essential oils thinking we
are consuming Boswellic acids.
We have to start thinking more clearly. These trees will not last forever. Most all Frankincense and Myrrh trees that
supply our resins live in the wild, along with their harvesters, under harsh conditions. As they are harvested with
increasing frequency to meet our demands, the trees become stressed, produce less resin, yield seed that has a lower
germination rate and thus cannot reproduce and regenerate their numbers in the manner they normally do.
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In short, our increased demand is leading us to a decreased supply. This doesn’t mean we should take a passive
approach and stop buying Frankincense. That would be a blow to communities who already struggle, and it would
simply create a back door and a black market. We need to take an active role instead. Before it is too late.
Neither the trees nor the harvesters are benefi ing from our increased demand for essential oil of Frankincense.
Harvesters, clans, communities in developing countries, see only a few cents of that $50.00 or $100.00 bo le of
Frankincense essential oil. Currently not a penny of our’s goes back to propagating or sustaining the trees, and the
harvesters often see just enough to get by.
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Frankincense tree
In February 2016, after a couple of years communicating with harvesters and elders, flirting with financial, academic
and government stakeholders, I will be in the Horn of Africa again. I believe there is still time to set up a different
model of trade for these precious, fragrant and medicinal resources before they are lost. We need programs
that sustain both the trees and the harvesters, who are their only stewards.
I have a growing vision of a model based on fair trade practices. It is direct, ethical and sustainable, benefits local
ecologies, economies and social frameworks. It supports the harvesters and their communities in stewardship of the
land and propagation of the trees in the wild to ensure future harvests will meet our growing needs.
This world in all its gorgeous diversity is our Apothecary’s Garden. It’s up to us to take care of it.
So, here is a new and improved method for making an extract of Frankincense, high in Boswellic acids and easy
to use in cremes, oils and salves. It is a simple and safe method using water as a solvent to isolate the resin and
Boswellic acids in Frankincense. Though I do name it an “Easy” method, Easy is a relative term. It is also a very
messy process. For some tips on cleanup see the link at the bo om of this post-“A visual walkthrough”
Take 100-500 grams of fresh Frankincense.
In a stainless steel, Teflon coated (h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene) or glass pot, bring at
least 10 liters of water to a boil. More than this is just fine.
Place a stainless steel sieve or colander with a fine mesh about 1/2 submerged in the water. Ideally, use a sieve
that will rest on the edge of the pot securely, otherwise you will have to hold it at the right height through the
process and you will need an extra hand.
When it is at a full boil, gently add 100 to 500 grams of one of the 3 aforementioned types of Frankincense into
the suspended sieve, careful to not splash boiling water on yourself. It is fine if the resin sits partially above the
water, it will soon se le.
With a wooden spoon or some other utensil, gently run the submerged resin granules back and forth through
the boiling water allowing the water to wash over them all and dissolve them.
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The water-soluble gum will dissolve and disperse in the water while the pure oleoresin
(h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resin), the resin with the essential oils, will exit and float around the outside of the
sieve. The bark and other foreign ma er will collect in the sieve and not pass to the water.
Once most of the resin is floating on the surface of the water, it will also push its way back into the sieve. To
address this, lift the sieve higher and allow the rest of the resin to exit the sieve. At this point you may need help
running the utensil back and forth gently forcing the resin through into the water.
When the sieve is empty of gum and oleoresin, set it aside.
Skim/scoop out all the resin that is floating in the pot into a separate preferably stainless steel bowl. I use a small
colander/sieve that captures more resin than water for this purpose. It’s ok if you transfer water into the bowl
with the resin since you can easily pour it off after the resin sets.
Set the pot of hot water aside to cool. As most of these oleoresins do, they will generally se le to the bo om of
the pot as the temperature drops.
When the pot has cooled, pour the contents through yet another fine mesh sieve and add the bits of resin you
collect in the sieve to your main bowl of collected resin.
You can collect and save this liquid if you like. Though mostly made up of water-soluble gum, it is very potent
and fragrant. It can be added to bath water for a fragrant, healing bath and kept in the fridge for a week or two.
My roommate has experimented with drinking it. He has combined it with different fruit juices and is
developing a personal blend. I believe that as long as he does so in moderation it will do no harm. The aqueous
solution or tea of Frankincense has been used for hundreds if not thousands of years in traditional medicine for
coughs and colds, to stimulate brain function and memory and as an aphrodisiac and tonic. This leftover
Frankincense water is quite similar to what you would get from such a tea. Taking it internally is, without a
doubt, of less harm and more benefit than ingesting the undiluted essential oil of Frankincense. There are likely
more Boswellic acids floating around in this “tea” than in a comparable amount of essential oil of
Frankincense. It is bi er so cu ing it 1/2 and 1/2 with something sweet helps. As always, pay a ention to what
your body says. Listen to it and you will know if it is good for you or not.
Your resin extract still needs to go through the bath once more to remove traces of water-soluble gum.
So, repeat the above process of boiling your filtered resin with fresh clean water in the pot.
Stir it around and you will likely see the water ge ing a bit cloudy. This is the residual water-soluble gum we
want to get rid of.
It should only take a few minutes of gentle stirring to wash the rest of the gum out of the resin, so after 3-5
minutes of the melted resin floating around, you can skim it off as before, and place it in a clean bowl to cool and
set.
Again, let the pot cool and collect any resin you missed.
Though you could use the resin extract as it is, I put it through one final process to dry it of any residual trapped
water. It usually collects water in li le pockets and bubbles as it floats around the boiling water.
To do this, I crush the resin coarsely, exposing as much of it to the air as I can. I stop when the largest chunks are
about the size of a pea.
Place it on a clean sheet or pan. A Teflon or silicone cookie sheet or something comparable.
Preheat the oven to about 100 degrees Centigrade and place the pan in the oven.
The resin will melt and flow releasing all the water in the form of liquid and vapor to the air. I tilt it this way and
that to expose and pockets of water while it is hot and mobile. Often you can pour off the water as it is released
from the resin.
It takes from 5 to 15 minutes of the resin uniformly melted to dry it and it can be removed from the oven and left
to cool.
When solid and cool, lift from the cookie sheet, break it in pieces if you like and store in ziplock bags or a glass
jar. Keep it cool or it may flow a bit and adhere to a glass container.
I have also used a heat gun, the kind used for stripping paint to melt the resin and remove any trapped water
from it. This is an option if you feel like experimenting. If it sizzles a bit it is OK.
You now have a product with a substantial, therapeutically active proportion of Boswellic acids in a concentration
much, much higher than you could ever get from a comparable quantity of essential oil without the risk that
concentrated essential oils can represent. At the same time you likely have a healthy percent of Frankincense
essential oils in their naturally occurring concentration and matrix.
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A visual reference for your
extract. This is how it should
look when you are done.
Boswellia Sacra/Carterii resin
extract beneath B. Papyrifera
resin extracts. The same, but
different. Each exhibiting
expected variations in colour
and fragrance.
It is a substance that dissolves readily in warm vegetable oils, waxes and alcohol, and lends itself with ease to the
creation of cremes, oils, salves and more. You know exactly what went into your product from start to finish. You
know it wasn’t adulterated along the way, that no solvents, or fillers were added, and that you have a 100% natural
product.
I have put together a visual walkthrough of the above process and you can find it here extracting-the-resin-andboswellic-acids-from-frankincense-a-visual-walkthrough/ (h ps://apothecarysgarden.com/2016/11/20/extracting-theresin-and-boswellic-acids-from-frankincense-a-visual-walkthrough/)
And remember…
always take clear notes.
Your future self will thank you.
Dan
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22 Comments
1. Brian Aanestad says:
March 11, 2017 at 5:13 PM
Please help. I am reading on boswellic acids for treating cancer. My good friend was just diagnosed with stage 3
multiple plasmacytoma. I want to send some boswellic acids and this post seems to show how to make it.
However, once it is made, how much should he take? In what form, i.e., tea, straight with water? How often?
Any input is helpful.
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1. Dan Riegler says:
March 12, 2017 at 11:33 AM
Hi Brian.
I am far from an expert on treating cancer. That being said, if and when I am in a similar situation to your
friend, I would take the powdered whole resin.
When needed I take about 1/2 to 1 level teaspoon 3-5 times a day with food. Studies show the Boswellic acids
and other oil soluble compounds in Frankincense are absorbed to a much greater degree when eaten with
fa y or oily foods. This could mean Avocados, nuts, Brownies made with lots of bu er, even Bacon and fries.
The resin extract is excellent when one is making oils, cremes and salves with Frankincense. It does have a
higher percent of Boswellic acids, but they may very well be be er assimilated by the body in the with the
gum and essential oil that are naturally present in the fresh Frankincense resin.
That being said, I simply can’t say for sure whether the fresh resin or resin extract is more efficacious. There
are no studies that indicate which works best.
Your friend could definitely take the powdered Frankincense resin extract in exactly the same way I
described above for the powdered fresh resin..
Which ever he chooses or prefers, he should start with small amounts and see how his body feels about it. 1/4
to 1/2 teaspoon 1 or 2 times a day. If everything is OK after a day or two he can increase the dose if he likes.
Dan
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January 2, 2017 at 12:02 AM
Hello Dan,
I have been following your website for quite some time and I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge and
experience. I find your journey inspiring. I’ve also ordered some of your products and they are superb. I finally
took the plunge and a empted to make an oleoresin extract from B. Papyrifera and B. Neglecta. The Papyrifera
turned out fine. But I’m not sure of what to make of the result of the Neglecta. The residue I collected does not
harden like the Papyrifera did. Actually it seems more moss like in it’s texture. Would the cooled resin be that
much different between the two?
And one final question…I used my actual stainless steel pots for making these resins and now I cannot remove
the gum from the sides. Do you have any suggestions? I don’t want to think I have to replace these 2 pots. Or
that my sauces are going to be continually flavored with Frankincense. Although I may just start the next
cooking craze. Any suggestions from you or other people would be much appreciated.
Thanks again for all you do.
Regards,
John
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1. Dan Riegler says:
January 6, 2017 at 2:39 PM
Hi John.
Thank you for your kind words. I will see if I can help you with your questions.
Boswellia neglecta and B. Papyrifera have very different chemical composition. As you discovered.
I too tried to make a resin extract from Frankincense neglecta with similar results to yours. I believe that the
“dark” B. neglecta is a special product the tree produces to create a band aid over a wounded area. It seems to
be composed mainly of Lignan and reminds me very much of the callus resin generated by our Northern
Spruce and Pine trees in response to injury. In the case of Spruce and Pine resins, there is a high percent of
oleoresin present with the lignan and it is easy to separate the two materials when it is dissolved in warm oil
or heated and liquid. I do this through a fine metal mesh coffee filter. Though I have set the weird, “mossy”
extract of Boswellia neglecta aside for now, I hope to find the time to experiment and see if I can separate the
pure resin from it with the same methods I use for Spruce and Pine callus resin. The lignan is neither oil or
water soluble which makes it difficult to work with. There is a “Light” version of Boswellia neglecta resin
which is clearly pure oleoresin. It is a li le harder to come by but I believe you would get more satisfaction
from it. It seems to be an almost pure oleoresin with li le to no water-soluble gum and dissolves easily in
warm oils “as is”.
Regarding cleanup of your stainless steel pots, I have be er news for you. I take a stainless steel scrub pad, I
get them at the dollar store, and with a generous amount of generic olive oil as a solvent I scrub all the
residual resins from the pot. It works quite well for me. Once the resins are dissolved I proceed to use warm
water and dish soap to bring my pots back to clean and food worthy condition.
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3. Abeed Fazal says:
December 25, 2016 at 1:12 PM
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Profoundly appreciated
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1. Dan Riegler says:
January 6, 2017 at 2:40 PM
Thank you Abeed.
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June 30, 2016 at 10:22 AM
Do you think you could distill the water portion and extract the essential oil from this process? Conversely,
could you use the oleo gum left over from the distillation of frankincense? It would be great to have a process
that could do both.
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1. Dan Riegler says:
June 30, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Hi Maggie. If I understand you correctly, my answer will be- when we distill Frankincense oleo gum resin, it
is separated into its 3 components. Essential oil in the receiver, Resin floating in the still surrounded by gum
that has dissolved in the still water. I use the separated resin for cremes and salves since it has all the
Boswellic acids and dissolves easily in an oil base, (like the sample I sent you?). I collect the essential oil and
use the hydrosol in water based products, while the dissolved gum does not seem to keep well and I dispose
of it. Likely didn’t answer your question!!
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5. Janie says:
April 5, 2016 at 9:55 AM
Hi, How do you make powdered whole fresh oleoresin? Or where can I purchase some?
How often can one consume the fresh oleo resin? I’m chewing on one piece daily. How much boswellic acid
would one benefit from this method of consumption?
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1. Dan Riegler says:
April 7, 2016 at 4:46 AM
Hi Janie. Here is a link to my post on how to grind Frankincenseh ps://apothecarysgarden.com/2013/03/22/how-to-grind-frankincense-myrrh-and-other-oleo-resins/. I sell the
fresh resins in my online shop-h ps://www.etsy.com/shop/ApothecarysGarden. I personally will take 1/2
teaspoon of powdered Frankincense up to 4 times a day with water. I haven’t had a close look at the studies,
and I am actually not sure there are any that address the percent of Boswellic acids in different types of
Boswellia. They mainly measure the general content of resin acids including the Boswellic acids. Let me point
out that many of the other compounds in Frankincense have healing properties, not just the Boswellic acids,
so let’s be careful we remember to appreciate the whole and the natural synergy that is found in a whole
plant or product, and aren’t fixating on one molecule to our own detriment.
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6. Bodor Endre says:
February 16, 2016 at 5:28 PM
Hey Dan! Great info. Thanks for sharing! My question is….i use to extract essential oils from boswellias, now….
can i use the waste product to obtain this boswellic acid mass? The distillation process usually takes 9-12 hours.
After this period of time and heat the acid within the resin it is not damaged?
Thank You,
Hans.
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1. Dan Riegler says:
February 20, 2016 at 8:00 AM
Hi Bodor.
Yes!! That is a very important question!!!! To which I as yet have no answer!
I can not tell you with certainty whether the Boswellic acids are detrimentally affected by 100 degrees for a
few hours.
There is no information i can find online, and I can see no studies on the subject. The material that comes out
after a distillation can be an important byproduct the for distillers and I believe some do sell the post
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distillation resin to the pharmaceutical companies for processing and isolating the boswellic for the health
industry. I wish I could be of more help. If you can dig up some I formation on the subject, please let me
know..
Dan
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7. Maher Alabsi says:
February 11, 2016 at 2:33 PM
Thank dr.Dan for a valuable info. In fact this is no specific method or technique to isolation of Boswellic acids
from Frankincense .
I hope you don’t mind to give a specific method to isolate it?
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1. Dan Riegler says:
February 14, 2016 at 2:37 AM
Hi Maher. Thank you for your question.
The process I describe is for the purpose of helping people make oils and cremes from the different types of
Frankincense that contain Boswellic acids in their resins. Separating the oleoresin from the water-soluble gum
makes this much easier.
It is not a method of isolating the Boswellic acids.
The title of this post may be misleading and I will change it. It is meant to describe the post as a method for
isolating the resin of Boswellia which contains the Boswellic acids.
I know there are laboratory processes that will isolate the Boswellic acids from these resins, but I leave them
to the scientists and pharmaceutical companies that are set up for these things.
I hope this answered your question.
Also, I am not a doctor Maher, just someone who works with plants.
Dan
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8. Me e Nielsen says:
December 6, 2015 at 12:54 PM
Such wonderful thinking and work you are doing and sharing! – Thank you.
Inspired by you, I will now conduct an experiment myself. Core, wholeness and simplicity for me is key. I
believe many of our medicinal plants are complete and ‘designed’ with a safety formula. I believe if we extract
recognized beneficial constituents the safety has been broken. I believe that the safety formula goes beyond
keeping humans safe, that it also serves to sustain Mother Earth; Rough example: extract the proteins from meat
for human consumption and discard the rest as it has not been found beneficial to us. – I will grind resin and mix
various amounts with a bit of liquid (any?) and then be looking for good case study individuals to do the same
with.
I also think people knowledgeable in herbal medicine need to work harder on making people aware every region
of the world have healing plants right outside their own doors and we do not have to buy in on the latest ‘cure
fad’ and consequently cause all sorts of $$ infused madness and depletion.
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1. Dan Riegler says:
December 6, 2015 at 4:38 PM
Thank you for your comment Me e!
Yes I agree with you on all points. There is much to be said for a more holistic approach to our medicine and
our food. Though one can’t discount the great work our scientists and researchers are doing, giving us a
deeper understanding of nature’s therapeutic elements and their mechanics, I believe we pay a price when
we rely on single molecule solutions and sacrifice the dynamic synergies and intelligence inherent in each
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living plant and Nature as a whole.
You make an excellent point that we can be blinded by the allure of the exotic. In the case of Frankincense and
some of the other exotic oleoresins, we need to keep in mind that our Northern Conifers, among other
citizens of our land, are very much an untapped treasure and offer us potent therapeutic powers that rival
those of any desert shrub. Pine and Spruce saps have traditional and proven healing powers that we are only
starting to appreciate. They make THE best medicines for respiratory and musculoskeletal issues, treat
psoriasis, slow healing old wounds and ulcers and more. They are stimulating and grounding, raise our
spirits, make beautiful perfume and incense ingredients, and I have no doubt there are many more gifts they
hold for us that are as yet undiscovered.
I hope we can find some balance and sanity before the impact of our Frankincense “Fad” is irreversible. The
trees in Ethiopia and Oman are increasingly burdened and straining under the demand we are pu ing on
them. I think only the strife and subsequent disorganization in Somalia has kept us at a bit of a distance from
their trees, but I don’t think this will last much longer….
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9. Jon says:
December 6, 2015 at 3:52 AM
Originally I was looking for a way to clean my frankincense so that I could chew it. I had heard of the effects and
tried some that I didn’t see any bark or anything in and liked the calming effects. I wanted to know if this
extraction is chewable or if one needs the water-soluble gum for this. Thanks
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1. Dan Riegler says:
December 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM
Hi Jon.
Yes this extract is chewable, much more so than the unprocessed raw resin. I just tried both before replying to
you here.
The fresh oleo gum resin of Boswellia Serrata, is more malleable and soft and tends to smear and stick to the
teeth.
The resin extract keeps its shape much like hardened Pine rosin, Mastic resin from Chios, and the traditional
Frankincense Frereana from Somalia which is used across Arabia as a high end chewing gum.
All these traditional “Chewing gums” share one common factor, that they have li le to no water-soluble gum
content.
Hence, the more water-soluble gum there is in any Frankincense, the less suited it is for chewing.
Dan
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10. Renato says:
December 3, 2015 at 2:59 PM
Thank you so much. So Boswellic Acid is not water souble? i mean how do you know you where extracting the
boswellic acid. Second question, can you add pictures or video please of your se ing? i dont understand it. I
want to extract them for a person who need cure.
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1. Dan Riegler says:
December 3, 2015 at 3:21 PM
Hi Renato. No the Boswellic acids are not water-soluble, they make up a big portion of the oil and alcohol
soluble resins.
My logic is, if we remove the part we know does not have Boswellic acids, then what we have left will have
them. I will try to post a video in the next week or so. I understand it is easier to understand the process that
way. In the meantime you could look through my other posts on the subject and perhaps they will add to
your understanding of the process. Also, in my opinion, taking the powdered whole fresh oleoresin of these 3
types of Frankincense is likely the best way to benefit from the Boswellic acids internally.
Dan
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1. Pat says:
March 21, 2017 at 7:47 PM
Hi Dan
Can you tell please how much Boswellic acids should i use in Lotion or creme?
2. Dan Riegler says:
March 22, 2017 at 3:00 AM
Hi, Pat. When I make a lotion from the resin extract, I dissolve it in 3 times its weight of carrier oil and
with the aid of an emulsifying wax blend it with distilled water. The % of resin extract in the finished
lotion is between 10% to 20%. If you want a product with a higher % of resin extract and Boswellic acids, a
1 to 3 infusion in a carrier oil gives you about 33% Resin extract content in an oil, not a lotion. You can
raise the quantity of resin extract and Boswellic acid in these products if you make a more concentrated
infusion of resin extract in oil. A 1:2 or possibly 1:1 ratio which will be quite thick. I hope that answered
your question.
The oil infusion that these products are based on can also be made with a hot infusion of fresh
Frankincense in a carrier oil.
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